Book Titles

The Start-up of You
Adapt, Take Risks, Grow Your Network, and Transform Your Career

By Ben Casnocha, Reid Hoffman

Year Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0307888907
Categories: Career, Networking, Startups

72 Quotes Found

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The Start-up of You:

…you should relish opportunities to build trust connections with folks in different fields or social circles.

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The Start-up of You:

Whatever your priorities, nurture the network you’re building. Your professional life depends on your being smart and generous with the people you care about.

121

The Start-up of You:

Reject the misconception that if you’re less powerful, less wealthy, or less experienced, you have nothing to offer someone else.

122

The Start-up of You:

The secret behind stellar small gifts is that it’s something you can uniquely provide.

124

The Start-up of You:

A good way to help people is to introduce them to people and experiences they wouldn’t otherwise be able to access.

124

The Start-up of You:

A person’s status depends on the circumstances and on who’s around.

131

The Start-up of You:

A career that makes you feel in over your head stretches you in new dimensions and usually contains significant upside.

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The Start-up of You:

You can… deliberately increase the quality and quantity of career opportunities – even if you don’t know what and where they are just yet.

147

The Start-up of You:

To cultivate, identify, and generate an opportunity takes ongoing investment.

148

The Start-up of You:

…most successful companies and careers in fact go through many adaptations and iterations. They never really arrive at a fixed destination; it’s an endless journey.

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